Support.



G. SHAFFNBR.

SUPPORT.

APPLXGATION FILED FEB. 6. 1905.

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GEORGE LSHA'FFNER; OFDALLAS' cIrY, ILLINoIs, ASSIG NOROFONE -THTRD TO GEORGE SHAFFNER, ONE-THIRD lTO CLAUDE s AFFNEa ND ONE- THIRD TOROBERT H. GRAY. ALE OF DALLAS CITY, ILLINOIS:

SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May-29.1906.

Application filed February 6,1905. Serial No. 244,469.

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Be it known that I, GEORGE SHAFFNER, a citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of Dallas City, in the county of Hancock and State o'f'lllinoi's, have invented a new and Improved Support, of which the following is a full,- clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to hangers orsupports for pipes, down-spouts, conductors, and the like, and has for'its object'to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device of this character by means'of'wh'ich the downspout or'co'n'du'cto'r maybe securely fastened In position on the walls of abuilding-'orsimilar structure;

Afu'rther object of th'einvention is to provide a hanger or support capable of exerting a' positive grip on the pipe or conductor without danger of straini g or-displacing the nails or oth'er'fastening device's.

Astill further object is to generally im'- prove this class of devices so as to add to their utility, durability, and efficiency, as well as to reduce" the" cost of manufacture.

With these and other'objects inview the invention consists inthe construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in'the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it be'ing understood that changes in form, proportions, and minor details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a pipe hanger or support constructed in accordance with my invention, showing the same in position on a wall. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the same detached. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

The improved hanger is particularly designed for supporting down-spouts or rainwater conductors in position on the exterior walls of buildings and by way of illustration is shown attached to a wall W and supporting a conductor of the usual construction, (indicated at C.)

The improved hanger is preferably formed from a single piece of spring-wire, an intermediate portion of'which is bent'to forman eye 18 and thence curved laterallyto produce a spring ring orlo'op IOQadapted to receive and embrace the conductorC.

One end of thewire at the open end 'of "the loop 10 is bent upon itself and extended later ally in spaced relation to the adjacen'twalls of said loop to forin 'an'elongated loopi or keeper 13, adaptedto receive a"h'o'ok 14, the latter being formed in'fthe wife at the adjacent open end of the lo'o'p'10 and disposed at substantiallvright angles to thelon'gitudin'al axis of said-floop, as shown;

The endsofthe wireafter the keeper 13 andangularly-disposed hook 14 arefOrin'ed are extended in opposite directions atll and 12- 'and thence bent inwardly to form parallel arms 15', which serve to from the side of the building, the ends ofthe arms 15 beingben't laterally to produce termlnal eyes 16', adap'tedto receive screws or similar fastening devicesfonretai'ning the hanger in position on the vs'rall The eye 18 ispreferably formed at the'cen terof the loop 10 and disposed in armament with the hook'lgsothat arod oroth e'r tool may be conveniently inserted in said eye and the latter'twisted in order to clamp the lo'op 10 in engagement with the conductor.

By having the open end of the loop 10 formed with interengaging parts, as shown, when the eye 18 is twisted to grip the con ductor the hook 14 will be iorced into engagement with the keeper 13, and thereby prevent the arms 11 and 12 from being drawn together and straining or displacing the fastening devices.

In. operation when it is desired to secure the conductor to a wall or other portion of a building the hangers may beplaced on the conductor by expanding the loop 10 and causing the walls thereof to embrace the con ductor, after which the hanger may be adj usted longitudinally of the pipe and securely clamped in adjusted position by inserting a tool in the eye 18 and rotating said tool, the conductor being subsequently secured to the walls by means of screws or similar fastening devices, as shown. If desired, however, the hangers may be first positioned on the wall and the pipe or conductor afterward threaded through the loops and clamped by twisting the eye in the manner before stated.

space the loop 10' 1. 'A pipe-hanger comprising a loop adapted to embrace the pipe and having its side walls at the open end of the loop provided with interlocking parts terminating in oppositely-disposedsupporting-arms.

2. A pipe-hanger comprising a loop adapted to embrace the pipe and formed with a laterally extending eye, the side walls of the loop at the open end thereof being provided with interlocking parts terminating in oppositely-disposed supporting-arms.

3. A pipe-hanger comprising a loop adapted to embrace the pipe and having one of its side walls at the open end of the loop bent to form ahook and its oppositeside wall provided with a keeper adapted to receive the hook, said hook and keeper being extended laterally in opposite directions and in the same plane with the loop to form supportingarms.

4. A pipe-hanger comprising a loop adapted to embrace the pipe and having one of its side walls at the open end of the loop bent to form a hook and its opposite side wall provided with a keeper adapted to receive the hook, said hook and keeper being extended laterall in opposite directions and in the same p ane with the loop to form supportingarms, there being an eye formed in the walls of the loop and disposed in alinement with the hook.

1 upon itself relation to 5. A pipe-hanger comprising a loop adapted to embrace the pipe and having one of its side walls at the open end of the loop bent and extended laterally in spaced the adjacent wall of the loop to form a keeper and its opposite side wall bent to form a hook adapted to engage said keeper, there being an eye formed inthe walls of said loop for the reception of a clamping-tool.

6. A pipe-hanger comprising a loop adapted to embrace the plpe and having one of its side walls at the open end of the loop bent upon itself and extended laterally'in spaced relation to the adjacent wall of-the loop to form a keeper and its opposite side wall bent at substantially right angles to the longitudinal axis of the loop to form a hook adapted to engage said keeper, there being an eye formed in the wall of the loop and extending in the same plane therewith.

7. As a new article of manufacture, a pipehanger formed of a single piece of wire an intermediate portion of which is bent to form an eye and thence curved laterally to produce a supporting-loop, a portion of one end of the wire at the open end of the loopbeing bent to form a keeper and the end thereof extended laterally to form a supporting-arm terminating in an eye, the opposite-end ofsaid wire at the open end of the loop being bent to form a hook for engagement with the keeper and thence extended laterally to form a similar supporting-arm terminating in a corresponding eye.

Intestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EORGE SHAFFNER1 Witnesses:

HERBERT L. JAoKsoN, ROBERT H. GRAY. 

